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Question from Joseph: I have a 2009 era Dell desktop that’s running Windows 7. The hard drive began acting up a while back so I replaced it with a 128GB SSD.
I’d now like to replace the Windows 7 with Windows 10, but I’ve heard that a 128GB drive isn’t big enough to hold Windows 10.
Will I need to replace the existing SSD with a bigger one before installing Windows 10?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
This is your Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Saturday, September 11, 2021.
• Why you really need to have a good backup plan in place
• Q&A: Why are there so many Chrome processes running on my PC?
• Review: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS 1500VA 900W
• Q&A: Will an SSD work in a laptop that doesn’t support AHCI mode?
• Yes, it really does rain cats and dogs – and fish and cows and humans too!
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Does your PC freeze up on you, reboot at random times, or display the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” on occasion?
If so, there are two likely culprits:
1 – Malware that’s wreaking havoc with your Windows environment
2 – A buggy or outdated device driver
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As I reported in this post, Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will officially be released to the masses on October 5.
I’ve received a ton of feedback about this with about half the respondents saying they’ll be sticking with Windows 10 and the other half chomping at the bit to install Windows 11 ASAP.
If you happen to fall into the “I want to install it ASAP” camp you can compare your PC’s hardware configuration against the system requirements listed on this page to see if Microsoft believes Windows 11 will run on your machine. [Read more…]
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Question from Aaron L.: A while back I replaced the hard drive in my HP laptop with an SSD, then installed Windows 7 from the DVD.
After I got all the Windows Updates installed I upgraded the system to Windows 10.
I bought one of the external USB drive enclosures for the old hard drive, then I plugged it into a USB port and copied all of my files onto another external drive.
The SSD is working great and so is the old hard drive (which is now being used as an external drive). The problem is the old drive still contains the original partitions for the operating system and the system recovery files.
How can I reformat the old drive as one single large partition? [Read more…]